[Will.]

Seven people have been injured after a man attacked passengers on a train in Switzerland with 'fire and a knife'.

Swiss police have confirmed the train has been sealed off an it is understood the county's interior minister is holding an emergency meeting over the incident.

The man set the train carriage on fire using a flammable liquid and also stabbed passengers, including a six-year-old child, police said.

The attack, in which some have sustained 'serious injuries', happened near Salez-Sennwald Train Station on the line between Buchs and Sennwald at around 2.20pm.

The offender, a 27-year-old Swiss citizen, carried out the attack on a train travelling in Switzerland's far east, along its border with Liechtenstein, and was also injured, regional police in St Gallen said in a statement.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4HEvKx1St

[Will.]

[arista]

Yes He is Local.

So Not a Terrorist : TS

[Livia]

I see the attacker has now died of his injuries. Doctors describe his condition as satisfactory.

[lostalex]

"injures"? really? who the hell wrote that headline.